A family name on Yew Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The McDonalds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named McDonald at four addresses in 1940, all on Yew Street, with the close spellings MacDonald and Macdonald. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 231 other streets too, all listed on the McDonald name's own page.
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Where the McDonalds lived
- 1
1520 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- H L Macdonald, a grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: suffolk block at 1540. The block, door by door
- 2
1546 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- A J MacDonald, a porter at Spen 1940
Next door in 1940: suffolk block at 1540. The block, door by door
- 3
1631 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- R MacDonald, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: H Fairhurst at 1629 and C D Calder at 1645. The block, door by door
- 4
1875 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Miss M J Macdonald 1940
Next door in 1940: B Golden at 1831. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a grocer and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (4). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists H L Macdonald at 1520 Yew Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hugh L Macdonald there as the householder, a grocer. In 1940 the directory lists A J MacDonald at 1546 Yew Street. The 1940 name section lists Andrew J MacDonald there, a porter at Spen.
In 1940 the directory lists R MacDonald at 1631 Yew Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Ron MacDonald there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M J Macdonald at 1875 Yew Street.
Today
1546 Yew still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1520 Yew (1980) and 1631 Yew (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1875 Yew, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the McDonalds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the McDonald name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.